Hotspots and Incidents
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The Jews of Iran are Far Better Off Than Palestinians of Gaza
There are 25,000 Jews in Iran, which is the largest Jewish population in the Middle East outside Israel. Iranian Jews are not persecuted or abused, in fact, they are protected under the Iranian constitution. They are free to practice their religion and to vote in elections. They are not stopped and searched at checkpoints, are not brutalized by an...
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Sahara is Like a Huge Prison
The 14 Spanish activists attacked in El Aaiun arrived at the port of La Luz, where they were awaited by a group of 50 supporters with banners and posters for the Saharawi cause. The boat with 14 activists who were arrested and beaten by Moroccan police last Saturday arrived at the Port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The boat belongs to...
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For Chavez, the Venezuelan Opposition is Desperate
President Hugo Chavez declared that the opposition was waiting for chaos to reverse the trend of a resounding defeat for them in parliamentary elections on September 26th. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said yesterday, the 26th, that the opposition acts are marked by despair in the face of a predictable defeat in parliamentary elections on...
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With Sticks and Stones
One of the great difficulties of the current U.S. President Barack Obama is to disassemble this repressive apparatus, barbaric pomp, which, on the whole, ends up being easy prey for large gangs in drug trafficking, trafficking of women and now oil traffic from Mexico. The current politics of outsourcing of intelligence and military activities put...
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Lies About Iraq are the Focus of U.S. Strategy
Several years ago, leaders in Washington shaped an entire advertising campaign to invade and occupy Iraq. The set of lies and accusations that later proved false were the backbone of the American script. And now, as then, many media outlets are repeating the American version without flinching.